Essay	
  Topics	
  
	
  
1. Financial	
  development	
  and	
  economic	
  growth	
  –	
  are	
  they	
  connected?	
  
2. Why	
  financial	
  markets	
  are	
  regulated?	
  
3. Advantages	
  and	
  disadvantages	
  of	
  Bretton	
  Woods	
  global	
  financial	
  system.	
  
4. Is	
  there	
  an	
  exorbitant	
  privilege	
  for	
  euro?	
  
5. The	
  role	
  of	
  rating	
  agencies	
  in	
  the	
  global	
  financial	
  crisis	
  of	
  2007-­‐2010.	
  
6. The	
  causes	
  of	
  the	
  2007-­‐2010	
  global	
  financial	
  crisis.	
  
7. Global	
  financial	
  system	
  based	
  on	
  US	
  dollar:	
  there	
  is	
  the	
  end?	
  
8. Bretton	
  Woods	
  and	
  post-­‐Bretton	
  Woods	
  financial	
  systems:	
  which	
  one	
  is	
  better?	
  
9. Financial	
   innovation	
   –	
   an	
   opportunity	
   for	
   financial	
   development	
   or	
   cause	
   of	
  
bankruptcies	
  and	
  financial	
  crises?	
  
10. How	
  global	
  financial	
  crisis	
  affected	
  the	
  financial	
  system	
  of	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic?	
  
11. How	
  global	
  financial	
  crisis	
  affected	
  the	
  financial	
  system	
  of	
  China?	
  
12. How	
  global	
  financial	
  crisis	
  affected	
  the	
  financial	
  system	
  of	
  Russia?	
  
13. China	
  –	
  is	
  a	
  world’s	
  future	
  economic	
  power	
  or	
  just	
  one-­‐time	
  wonder?	
  
14. Corruption	
  and	
  transparency	
  in	
  modern	
  China	
  and	
  Russia.	
  
15. The	
   command	
   economy	
   system	
   in	
   Soviet	
   Russia	
   and	
   Maoist	
   China.	
   What	
   was	
  
similar?	
  What	
  was	
  different?	
  
16. The	
  strategies	
  of	
  economic	
  reforms	
  in	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  China.	
  
17. Capital	
  markets	
  of	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  modern	
  Russia.	
  
18. Regulation	
  of	
  financial	
  markets	
  in	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  modern	
  Russia.	
  
19. Privatization	
  process	
  in	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  Russia.	
  
20. Privatization	
  process	
  in	
  Russia:	
  what	
  went	
  wrong?	
  
21. How	
  to	
  reduce	
  poverty?	
  Experience	
  of	
  China.	
  
22. Economic	
   transformation	
   in	
   the	
   Czech	
   Republic	
   and	
   China:	
   which	
   one	
   was	
   more	
  
successful?	
  
23. Banking	
  system	
  of	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  Russia:	
  foreign-­‐owned	
  vs.	
  state-­‐owned.	
  
24. Banking	
  system	
  of	
  China	
  and	
  Russia:	
  two	
  degrees	
  of	
  state	
  domination.	
  	
  
25. Chinese	
  banking	
  system:	
  extremely	
  complex	
  or	
  incredibly	
  simple?	
  
26. Banking	
  system	
  of	
  China	
  and	
  Russia:	
  key	
  vulnerabilities.	
  
27. Non-­‐performing	
  loan	
  problem	
  in	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic,	
  China	
  and	
  Russia	
  during	
  the	
  
last	
  twenty	
  years:	
  which	
  situation	
  is	
  worse?	
  
28. Banking	
  system	
  of	
  China	
  and	
  Russia:	
  key	
  challenges.	
  
29. Banking	
  system	
  of	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  Russia:	
  key	
  challenges.	
  
30. Chinese	
  stock	
  market:	
  opportunities	
  and	
  weaknesses.	
  
31. Prague	
  Stock	
  Exchange:	
  opportunities	
  and	
  weaknesses.	
  
32. Is	
  financial	
  system	
  of	
  China	
  sound	
  and	
  safe?	
  
33. Is	
  financial	
  system	
  of	
  Russia	
  sound	
  and	
  safe?	
  
34. Is	
  financial	
  system	
  of	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  sound	
  and	
  safe?	
  
35. Key	
  factors	
  of	
  Russian	
  economic	
  development:	
  opportunities	
  and	
  weaknesses.	
  
36. Key	
  factors	
  of	
  China’s	
  economic	
  development:	
  opportunities	
  and	
  weaknesses.	
  
37. Starting	
  conditions	
  of	
  the	
  economic	
  transformation	
  in	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  China.	
  
38. The	
  1998	
  Russian	
  financial	
  collapse:	
  a	
  wake-­‐up	
  call	
  or	
  a	
  missed	
  opportunity?	
  
39. Drivers	
  of	
  the	
  economic	
  growth	
  in	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic,	
  China	
  and	
  Russia:	
  which	
  
situation	
  is	
  better?	
  
40. Capital	
  market	
  of	
  the	
  Czech	
  Republic	
  and	
  China:	
  are	
  they	
  related?	
  
	
  
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